Guidebook for interior decorators



July 28, 1942.

J. F. RIDER GUIDE BQOK OR' INTERIOR DECORATORS Filed June 18, 1940 R O TN E V m Patented July 28, 1942 y UNTED ST 'res T OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to books and more especially to books of the typehaving a plurality of independently paged sections which are mutuallycommon to each other.

While the invention nds its greatest usefulness in the fields ofinterior decorating and the like, it will be clear from the descriptionsgiven hereinbelow that the inventive concept is capable of embodiment ina wide variety of fields. Consequently while one specific embodiment isdisclosed herein, it will be understood that this is done merely forexplanatory purposes and not by way of limitation.

An object is to provide a book having a single binding but with two ormore independently paged sections which are mutually keyed together sothat a page of one section can be correlated to complement a pluralityof pages of the other section, and vice versa.

Another object is to provide a book or the like with a single bindingand with three or more independently paged sections which are correlatedso that one section may be paged independently of the other sectionswhile preserving contextual continuity.

A further feature relates to a novel form of plural-section book for usein interior decorating and similar purposes.

Other features and advantages not specically enumerated will be apparentafter a consideration of the following detailed descriptions and theappended claim.

In the drawing, the figure of the drawing is a perspective view of atri-part book embodying the invention as applied to interior decorationand the like.

The adaptation of the tri-part book to interior decorating uses is shownin the drawing. In the drawing the single binding I8 with its front andback covers I9, 20, binds there separate sets of pages designated 2 I,22, 23. The successive pages of section 2l represent the side walls of aroom, while the pages of section 23 may represent floor designs,including rugs, etc.; and the pages of section 22 may represent ceilingdesigns. In order to produce the complete complementary effect, theedges of section 2l may be V-cut to give a, perspective effect, and theadjacent edges of sections 22, 23, may be out in a complementary mannerso that any selected sei-l of three pages complement each other asshown. By this arrangement, any selected room interior of the section 2|may be kept steadily in View, and the appearance with different kinds ofceiling or floor decorations can be ascertained rapidly merely byturning pages of either or both the sections 22, 2,3. It Will beunderstood of course that if the actual perspective appearance is notdesired, the sections 2l, 22, 23, may have straight edges. Variousmodiications of the book may be made, for example the central sectionmay be a series of wall paper designs and the pages of upper section 22may be a series of border designs to be used with the selected wallpaper, and the lower section 23 may consist of base-board or otherborder designs so that any combination of wall paper and upper and lowerborder designs may be viewed at a glance.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the particularembodiments disclosed without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention- What I claim is:

A guide book for interior decorators and the like comprising a singlebinding containing three separate sets of pages whereby any page of oneset may be independently selectable for simultaneous viewing with anypages of the other two sets and with the subject matter of a page of oneset common to the subject matter of a plurality of pages of the othertwo sets, any three pages forming a unitary true perspective view of theceiling portion, oor portion and side wall portions of a room interioror the like, the set of pages at the upper end of the book being c ut tofollow the perspective line between a ceiling and side walls, the lowerset of pages being cut to follow the perspective line between the floorand side walls, and the intermediate set having their opposed edgesindented to conform with said perspective lines respectively, wherebywhen any three sets oi pages are open for view, a complete trueperspective view of the side walls, ceiling and floor are provided.

JOI-IN F. RIDER.

